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The Mother Choosing to Love her 'Enemy'
Latifa Ibn Ziaten vowed to save radicalised young men after her son was killed by gunman.
Latifa Ibn Ziaten, a Moroccan mother to five has been awarded the highest honour in France, the Legion of Honour, and has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Latifa's son, a French soldier, was murdered in Toulouse in 2012. Since then Latifa has worked closely with people at risk of radicalisation in prisons and schools and has convinced at least three young men not to go and fight in Syria.
Image: Latifa Ibn Ziaten
Credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images
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